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How Woodward, Inc. stacks up
WWD · against 2,439 other Industrials companies
Profitability
87/ 100
Near the top of its peers.
Ranked #306 of 2,440 · scores higher than 87% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score243 peers with a profitability score of 80–89, including WWD · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 87?
Weighted metrics compared with all Industrials companies.Mainly thanks to its return on assets, operating margin and return on invested capital, which are stronger than most Industrials peers.
- a wider operating margin: stronger than 77% of peers. Operating margin: 14.6% vs peer median 7.7%
- a higher return on invested capital: stronger than 77% of peers. Return on invested capital: 14.5% vs peer median 7.1%
- a higher return on assets: stronger than 94% of peers. Return on assets: 10.6% vs peer median 3.1%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = WWD, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | WWD | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 2,323 reported | 14.5% | 7.1% | 77% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 2,434 reported | 14.6% | 7.7% | 77% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 2,336 reported | 10.6% | 3.1% | 94% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 2,300 reported | 22.3% | 8.0% | 89% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 2,460 reported | 29.6% | 25.8% | 59% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around WWD| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 14.9B CNY (≈$2.1B) | 100 | 73 | |
| 1 | 5.5B CNY (≈$769M) | 100 | 83 | |
| 1 | 13.8B HKD (≈$1.8B) | 100 | 89 | |
| 1 | 32.0B CNY (≈$4.5B) | 100 | 73 | |
| 1 | 51M MYR (≈$11M) | 100 | 71 | |
| 306 | 2.5B USD | 87 | 70 | |
| 306 | 4.0B USD | 87 | 69 | |
| 306 | 800M EUR (≈$880M) | 87 | 65 | |
| 306 | 10.1B USD | 87 | 62 | |
| 306 | 19.6B USD | 87 | 61 | |
| 331 | 1.4B CNY (≈$201M) | 86 | 58 | |
| 331 | 73.1B TWD (≈$2.3B) | 86 | 65 | |
| 331 | 124.1B JPY (≈$844M) | 86 | 84 | |
| 331 | 52.9B CNY (≈$7.4B) | 86 | 66 |
Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score